Distributing apparatus.



H'. DERDEYN. DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

'APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 1911.

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APPLICATION llLED MAY 5, 1911.

Patented Mar.5,1912.

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..275 the views, and in lwhich- HECTOR DERDEYN, 01? JACKSONVILLE,ILLINOIS.

DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Application inea May 5, 1911. serial No. 625,125.

liquid r dry substance suoli as fertilizers' and the like.- For thepurpose mentioned, use is made of a tubular distributor tor revolubleattachment to a vehicle or the like.4

transmission means being provided for conl necting the distributer withthe axle ot the vehicle to operate the same when the vehicle isoperated, the mentioned distributor heilig adapted to eject thedistributing substance 0 in a centrifugal manner.

` Reference 1S to be had to the accompanyf ing drawingsI constituting a`part-ot' this specification, in which similar characters ot referencedenote corresponding parts in all Figure 1 is a side elevation ot' aportion ot' a. vehicle showing my device operatively attached thereto,parts being broken away to disclose the underlying structure. llig. 2 isy a view looking at the under side ot the. vehicle shown in Fig. 1 andshowing the arrangement of the transmission mcchanisn'i. Figa is avertical section taken substan- -tially on the line 3-3 in Fig. Q. Fig.:il is a 'horizontal section taken on the line 'l-lin Fig. 1,` lookingin the direction ot' the arrow. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view o'l avehicle having my device attached thereto land showing a means forcutting oil" the supply from the vehicle to the distributor.

Referring more particularly to the views tI provide a distributer 1()for revoluble attaclnnent to the under side of a vehicle 11 having anvaperture 12 in the floor thereof. The distributer l() consists ot' acircular plate 13 secured to the under side ot the. vehicle 11 by meansol suitable bolts 11 and provided with an opening 15. Extending throughthe said opening 15 and thrcadedly engaging the plate. 13 is a tubularshank 1G positioned to register with the aperture 'l2 in the tloor ofthe vehicle 11. 'A toothed yiwheel17 is revolubly mounted on the shank16 and has a recessed portion 18 in which is received a collar 1t)threadedly engaging i the shank 1G to retain the toothed Wheel 17 inrotative engagement with the shank 1G. The toothed wheel 17 has anintegral depending flange Q0 threaded on the inner periphery thereof andscreW-threadedly connected to the 'inner periphery of the flange 20 olthe toothed wheel 17 is a spider 21, consisting ot' curved tubularprongs 22 terminating at their upperends in the chamber Q3, the lowerend of the shankl being provided with a laterally extending flange 211constituting a seat for the collar 19 as will be seen by referring toFig. 3.

`Journaled on shafts 25 secured to the under side of the vehicle 11 is atrain of intermeshing gears 2G, connecting the toothed wheel 17 with abeveled wheel 27 keyed to the axle- QS `having the Wheels Q9. of thevehicle 11 mounted thereon.

Assuming that the vehicle l1 has beenv torce the same to revolve thusalso rotating the spider 21. The fertilizer contained in thewehicle 11will gravitationally move downwardly through the shank 1G and into thechamber Q3, t'rom which it will be ejected outwardly through the curvedtulnllar prongaI 2Q, the torce with which the fertilizer will be forcedoutwardly through the prongs i?! being proportionate to the Centrit'uealtorce produced by tht` spider Q1 and the lertili'fier will be evenlydistributed over the ground as will he readilyuinlel'stood.

'l`o control the llow of fertilizer through the shank l and the spider2l I have provided a controllingmeans Slt), conveniently shown in Fig.',lhe controlling means B0 consists primarily ot' a llat plate 31pivotallv mounted on the tloor of the vehicle and Iha ving a lever 32extended exteriorly vof the vehicle through a slot 33 therein, the outerend ol the said lever being pivotally connected to an operating rod -thaving its other end pivotall)Y connected to an operating lc\er S5mounted to operate in a notchedI bearing 36.V the plate 3l being adaptedtobe removably positioned over the aperture 12 in the -tloor of thevehicle 11 when the lever is operated, thus eutting'otf the supply offertilizer from the vehicle to the distributor. By providing the notchesin the bearing 36,

the lever 35 can be moved to any desired position' and retained in thatposition so that the supply of fertilizer' to be distributed can becontrolled at all times.

Although. in the description of my device I have mentioned the use of adry fertilizerv what I claim as new, s:-

l. A device of the class described comprising a tubular shank forengagement with the under side of a vehicle and in register withanaperture in the floor of the vehicle a toothed wheel journaled onthesaid shank, av collar threadedly engaging the shank to revolubly retainthe toothed wheel on the shank, a spiderthreadedly connected with thelower end of the toothed Wheel and revoluble therewith, the saidspider'being provided With an aperture in register with the said tubularshank, curved tubular prongs depending from the said's'pider andintegral therewith and a train of' gears connecting the said ltoothedwheel with the axle of the said vehicle for rotating the said spiderwhen the said vehicle is operated.4

2. A, device of the class described conipristli'e`unden side ot' avehicle and in register with an aperture in the floor ot' the vehicle,

a toothed wheel journaled on the said shank, a collarl threadedlyengagin the shank to revolubly retain the toothe Wheel on the shank, aspider threadedly connected with the'loyyer end of the toothed Wheel andrevoluble therewith, the said spider being prof/led with an aperture inregister with the spider.

said tubular shank, curved tubular prongs depending from the said spiderand integral 3. A device of the class described comprising a tubularshank for engagement with the under side of a .vehicle and in registerwith an aperture in the floor of a vehicle, a toothed wheel journaled onthe said shank, a collaifthifeadedly/ engaging the said shank forretaining the said toothed wheel in position thereon, a spider rigidlyconnected to the said toothed Wheel and provided With an aperture inregister 'with the saidv shank,

curved tubular prongs depending from the' said spider and means forrotating the said spider. y

4. Adevice of the class described comprising a tubular shankfore'ngagement with the under side ot a vehicle and in register with theaperture in the 'floor ot a vehicle, a toothed wheel jonrnaled on thesaid shank, a collar threadedly engaging the-said shank for retainingthe said toothed Wheel in position thereon, a spider rigidly connectedto 'the said toothed wheel and provided with an aperture in registerwith the said shank, curved tubular proi'igs depending from the saidspider, means for rotating the said spider and controlling means forcontrolling the supply of material from the said vehicle to the saidspider. t

In testimony whereof I atliX my signature in'presrnce of two Witnesses.

'HECTOR DERDEY'N.

Witnesses i' JOHN KnAnN-s, Tnos. `Harman.

